[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 187 (Friday, September 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 60495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21197]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2017-0068]
Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant
Operators: Pressurized Water Reactors; Knowledge and Abilities Catalog
for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Boiling Water Reactors
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: NUREG; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG-
1122, Revision 3, ``Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power
Plant Operators: Pressurized Water Reactors,'' and NUREG-1123, Revision
3, ``Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators:
Boiling Water Reactors.''
DATES: NUREG-1122, Revision 3 and NUREG-1223, Revision 3 take effect on
September 25, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0068 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0068. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by
email to [email protected]. NUREG-1122, Revision 3, ``Knowledge and
Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Pressurized Water
Reactors,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20260H083 and
NUREG-1123, Revision 3, ``Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear
Power Plant Operators: Boiling Water Reactors,'' is available in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML20260H086.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Tindell, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2026, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published a notice of the
availability of the drafts of NUREG-1122 and NUREG-1123 in the Federal
Register on April 14, 2017 (82 FR 18018) for a 30-day public comment
period. The public comment period closed on May 15, 2017. The NRC
received eight public comments on the drafts of NUREG-1122 and NUREG-
1123 and the comments can be found on Regulations.gov under Docket ID
NRC-2017-0068.
NUREG-1122, Rev. 3 and NUREG-1123, Rev. 3 provide the basis for the
development of content-valid examinations used for the licensing of
operators at nuclear power plants under the NRC's regulations contained
in title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 55,
``Operators' Licenses.'' The examinations developed using NUREG-1122
and NUREG-1123, along with NUREG-1021, ``Operator Licensing Examination
Standards for Power Reactors,'' will sample the topics listed in 10 CFR
part 55.
Dated: September 22, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christian B. Cowdrey,
Chief, Operator Licensing and Human Factors Branch, Division of Reactor
Oversight, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2020-21197 Filed 9-24-20; 8:45 am]
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